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sgrios
sgrios
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
sgrios m (genitive singular sgriosa, plural sgriosan)
- destruction, ruin, annihilation, bane, decimation, demolition, eradication, erasing, extermination, extinguishing
- verbal noun of sgrios
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish scrisaid (“scrapes; erases, blots out, wipes away, obliterates, banishes; destroys, wipes out”) (compare Irish scrios (“scrape, tear, off; scratch out, erase, delete; destroy, ruin”)), from Old Irish scris, verbal noun of sceirtid (“strips, peels or scrapes off”).
Verb
sgrios (past sgrios, future sgriosaidh, verbal noun sgrios or sgriosadh, past participle sgrioste)
- destroy, ruin, annihilate, decimate, demolish, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, sack, waste, wreck